Vending-machine.



No. 830,815. PATENTED SEPT.'11, 1906.

R. ZIEBELL.

VENDING MACHINE. APPLIOATION FILED JAN.23.1905.

WITNESSES:

HTTOR/VEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 11, 1906.

Application filed January 23,1905. Serial No. 242,309.

To all whom it MQZ/OOTLCBW'L: I

Be it known that 1, ROBERT ZIEBELL, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and the State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vending-Machines, of which the following is ject I accomplish by means of mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawingsand more particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a general outside view of the complete machine. Fig. 2 shows the construction of the operating mechanism and also the compartmentwheel for holding the articles to be vended.

' Fig. 3 represents a side view of the coin-chute.

Fig. 4 is a section of the coin-chute, taken through the line as y,

view of the tongue for catchin the coin.

Fig. 5 is an edge view of the coin-c ute, show ing the relation of the tongue or lever to same.

Similar figures represent similar parts throughout the several views.

The numeral 1 represents the box or case contalmng the operatmg mechanism and constructed, as shown, with top, bottom, and

three sides and has a detachable door on the rear. (Not shown.) At about the center ofthe box or case 1 is mounted a vertical shaft 2 in bearings 3 and 4, bearing 3 being a foot at the end of the shaft 2, the said shaft resting therein. The lower bearing is secured at the bottom of the case 1, and the upper bear At ing'4 is secured at the top of the case. the top of the shaft 2 and'secured thereto is a compartment-wheel or a device for containing the articles to be vended, 5, constructed as shown. The disk part is formed of sheet metal and has a number of concentric holes arranged around near its periphery, the said holes being fitted with short tubes 6 of suitable len th. About midway in the case 1, mounted rigidly on a vertical shaft 2, is a notched disk 7, having a number of notches and has for its object;

Fig. 3, and also a top equal to the number of tubes in the compartment-wheel 5, the notches in the said disk 7 being of the form of ratchet-teeth, as shown in the drawings.

8 is a lever fulcrumed on the shaft 2 and of sufficient length to extend out through the side of the case 1 and having its end bent to form a suitable handle. A pawl or dog 9 is pivoted to the lever 8 at 10 and is of the form of a bell-crank lever, one end being formed to fit the notches in the disk 7, and the other or short end having a hook or eye formed thereon, an extension-spring 11 being provided to normally hold the pawl or dog 9 in contact or in engagement with the ratchet-disk 7, the

said spring having one end connected to the said hook or eye in the part 9 and the other end secured to a convenient place on the in ner wall of the case 1. It is obvious that while the spring 1 1 is holding the part 9 in contact with the wheel 7 it is also holding the lever 8 back against the end of the slot 12 in the case 1, thereby performing two functions. A tongue 13, having the end bent or formed over to form a lip and a hole drilled through parallel with the lip, but near the opposite end. This tongue is pivoted to the lever 8 by means of the said drilled hole. The tongue has the extending lug 15 with a small a hole th'erethrough. The lever 8 has a lug 16' attached thereto and arranged directly under the lug 15. A s ring 17 is provided to connect the two sai lugs to normally draw them together, which will raise the other end of the tongue 13. The other dog or pawl 18 is pivoted at 19 to the bracket 20, the said bracket being fastened to a suitable place on the inner wall of case 1. The pawl 18 is formed so that its end will engage the notches on the wheel 7 and is of suitable length to hold the wheel 7 in the proper position with relation to the pawl 9. The spring 21 is provided to normally hold the pawl 18 in contact or engagement with the notched wheel 7, it having one by a suitable means, thereby covering thethe coin must pass chute to the case 1.

thereby making it impossibleto reach in with an object to operate the machine without the coin. is provided to cover the side of the chute and is the same shape and is held against the side chute on all sides, so that through the whole length of the chute on its travel downward. The rid es 24 are made slightly wider apart than t e width of the coin to beused, so the coin will slide down without friction from the sides or edges of the chute. A'portion of'the side of the chute, as shown at 25, is cut away to leave an opening slightly smaller than the .coin to be used for the purpose of making the exit for any smaller coin that might be used, which may fall through'the opening instead of traveling the entire length of the chute. The chute may be slightly tipped when in position, so that the smaller 0 jects would easily fall through the opening 25, while the proper size would pass by the opening and travel through the whole length of the chute. A flange 26, which forms part of the side of the chute, is provided for the purpose of fastening the One side of the chute extends downward a short distance, as shown at 27. The tongue 13 when in normal position has its end resting u ward against the ridges 24, as shown at 28, t e side of the chute 27 extending slightly below the end of the tongue 13, which looks the whole mechanism against being operated while in that position. The dotted line 13 shows the tongue 13 lower down and at the farthest end of its travel.

In the assembled machine a glass globe 29 of suitable size and having a flange 30 at its lower end is provided to cover the articles contained in the compartment-wheel 5. The globe is fastened to the top of the case 1 by means of hooks 31, having nuts on their inner sides which can be fastened from the inside of the case only.

The end of the lever 8 is shown extending from the case 1 at 8, and hook 32 is secured to the outside of the case, as shown, and is provided to make a convenient finger-piece and is of the same shape and form as the extending end 8.

The pocket 33, of suitable form, is secured for the purpose of catching the articles as they drop down from the com artment-wheel 5. The hole 34 is provide in the top of case 1 and at the front center and under the path of travel of the tubes 6, the said hole communicatin with the pocket 33 through'a suitable slide 35, whereby the articles contained in the tubes 6 may slide down through a side hole and into the pocket 33.

Another plate or casting (not shown).

Having described the construction of the .machine, the operation is as follows: The

tubes 6 in'the compartment-wheel 5 are filled with lead-pencils or the articles to be vended, the globe 29 fastened onto the case 1 by means of the hooks31, and the tube directly over the hole 34 is left em ty. 7 In order to receive the articles in one of the tubes, a coin is placed into the coinchute and passes down and rests upon the end of the tongue 13, the top view of the coin in this position being shown at 36, and the weight of said coin is suflicient to overcome the spring 17 and press the tongue 13 downward against a suitable stop. (Not shown.) The lever 8 is now moved in the slot 12 by means of gras ing the end 8 and the hook 32 on the outsi eof the case. This operation causes thepawl 9 to move the notched wheel 7 far enough for the pawl 18 to engage the next notch in rotation. Correspondent movement takes place in the compartment-wheel 5 and brings the next adjacent tube over the hole 34, when the contents of the tube will be deposited in the pocket 33. When the lever 8 is let go, the spring 11 pulls it back against the slot 12 ready for the next operation, the pawl 9 at the same time engaging the next adjacent notch while the pawl 18 is holding the wheel stationary. When the tongue 13 is in the position shown at 13, the bent portion which the coin rests on is passed slightly beyond the side of the wall of the coin-chute 23, so that the coin may slide down past the tongue 13, so that when the ton ue 13 is back to its normal position it will y up against the lower end of the ridges 28, making it readyfor another operation.

While'I have described a certain construction, it is obvious that the construction can be materially changed without changing the principle of the inventionas, for instance, the compartment-wheel 5 may be arranged with two or three rows of tubes for containing articles of different grades and the other mechanism may be multiplied to accommodate the operation.

It is obvious that if a smaller coin is deposited in the coinchute it will roll down and through the hole 25 and drop out sidewise without in any way touching the tongue 13, so that it is necessary to use the exact size coin in order to operate the machine.

Having fully described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a machine of the class described the combination with a vertically-arranged shaft adapted to rotate in suitable journals, of devices for intermittently rotating the said shaft, the said devices comprising a lever and pawl, a ratchet-wheel secured to the said shaft, a device for locking the said lever I do against movement composed of a tongue pivoted to the said lever whereby a movement of the said tongue looks or unlocks the said lever, of a disk 5 attached to the said shaft and having a number of tubes or holes arranged on its face and near its periphery substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereby set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT ZIEBELL.

\Vitnesses:

A. W. KIRs'r, WM. GRADY. 

